Aston Villa vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Liverpool in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
Watkins breaks through the Liverpool defence and has a scuffed shot towards goal that is easily caught by Alisson.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
Aston Villa get the match restarted from the kick-off!
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
Liverpool make two changes to the XI that earned a 3-1 win against Southampton last time out. Matip starts at centre-back instead of Gomez, while Henderson and Oxlade-Chamberlain are in for Elliot and Firmino respectively.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
Aston VIlla make four changes from the side that beat Brighton 2-1 before the World Cup. Olsen takes the place of Emiliano Martinez in goal, while Young is in for Cash at full-back. Bailey gets the nod at left wing ahead of Ramsey while in attack, Watkins is preferred to Ings.
Aston Villa vs Liverpool
LIVERPOOL SUBS: Joe Gomez, Naby Keita, Nathaniel Phillips, Caoimhin Kelleher, Fabio Carvalho, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Harvey Elliott, Ben Doak, Stefan Bajcetic.
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